Introduction to Shanghai
May 20th, 2005I’m currently based in Shanghai working for a US company thats been operating here for around 18 months, I’ve been based here since January 2005.
I live in the Pudong on the east side of the Huangpu river which runs through the middle of shanghai. Pudong is a very new area of Shanghai, development of the area started around 10 years ago, and now hosts the new financial centre of Shanghai.
Pudong also houses the tallest buildings in Shanghai, the Oriental Pearl TV tower which is 468m but this is dwarfed by the Jin Mao Building the tallest building in China, and third tallest in the world. By 2007 Jin Mao will in turn be dwarfed by the Shanghai World Finance Centre which is aiming to be the tallest in the world. Further from the river you get to the more industrialised areas of Pu dong, and seem familiar names like Siemens, Alcatel, and such like, and further out still you get to Pud dong (PVG) airport.
The west of the huangpu river, Puxi, is the older area of Shanghai, holding the main centre of the city, the shopping areas and a large majority of the businesses seem to operate in this area. Further from the river the city turns in to a more residential areas, with districts such as Gubei by very popular with expats.